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Antique Vanity Fair Golf Prints, Set of Seven

$3,207.67List Price

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Vintage Vanity Fair Golf Pictures, Sir Leslie Ward. A set of seven framed Golfers taken from 'Vanity Fair'. All but one of the supplements is taken from 'Vanity Fair', the single one (The Right Honorable D. Lloyd George) is from 'The World'. The original vanity fairs are 1) H. Mallaby-Deeley, "The Prince of Princes" (very rare to find). 2) John Henry Taylor, "John Henry". 3) Mr. Robert Maxwell, "North Berwick". 4) Mure Fergusson, "Muir". 5) Mr. John Ball, junior. 6) The Right Honorable D. Lloyd George and 7) Mr. Horace Harold Hilton, "Hoylake". When first published in the weekly additions of Vanity Fair each caricature would come with an amusing biography. Two have the biography glued to the rear of the frame. 'Spy' is credited to all of the golfing caricatures except John Ball, who was drawn by 'Lib', the Italian Libero Prosperi. Vanity Fair was published in London from 1869 to 1914, and each magazine would contain a loose print of a caricature painted by various artists. 'Spy' worked for Vanity Fair for 40 years until it ceased publication in 1914. 'Spy' was Sir Leslie Ward (1851 - 1922) and he was the grandson of the well-known horse-painter James Ward. Sir Leslie Ward is best known as an artist working in oil, water-colour and black-and-white, although he also studied architecture. 'Spy' achieved notoriety by his painting and cartoons of public figures in VF and his works all contain the signature 'SPY'. His works were also published in the supplements, the most well known being 'Men of the Day'. By 1890 the leading amateur golfing personalities were thought enough of to be included into this title. Eight golfers were subjects portrayed in the Vanity Fair series, the twice-Amateur Champion Horace Hutchinson being the first. Second in 1892 was John Ball, who that year won the third of his eight Amateur Championships. In 1903 there was "Muir" and "Hoylake". In 1906 saw another Amateur Champion in "North Berwick". Also in 1906 saw the inclusion of professional golfers as 'Men of the Day', with "John Henry" being the first and the following year "Jimmy". "The Prince of Princes'" was the final golfer in Vanity Fair in 1909 although 'Spy' was also to portray the future Prime Minister with a golf club in hand for The World magazine. Dimensions: Height 32 cm / 12 " Width 19 cm / 7 " Framed height 52 cm / 20 " Framed width 36 cm / 14 " Framed depth 2 cm / 1".

Dimensions:
Height: 20.48 in (52 cm)Width: 14.18 in (36 cm)Depth: 0.79 in (2 cm)
Style:
Sporting Art (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Paper
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1900
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. The prints are in good condition, the frames are new.
Seller Location:
Oxfordshire, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: 291481stDibs: LU975730529342

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